If you take an honest look at the world, though, what do you think are the chances that we can stop insane violent people from doing insane violent things? Can we make sure this never happens again? Not a chance. It is an absolute certainty that evil and violent people will do evil and violent things in the future. The real questions are, how can we best protect ourselves and how can we minimize the number of these people in society.

As to the saving the life of one child argument, here are some facts to consider:

According to the Center for Disease Control, Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. So that is around 700 dead children per year. Approximately 20% of these deaths occurred in public pools with certified life-guards.

There are approximately 365,000 dog bites per year in the U.S. that are serious enough to require a visit to the emergency room  1000 per day. 38 people in the U.S. were killed by dogs in 2012. Around 50% of those injured and killed are children.

The government reported that in 2010, 1210 children under the age of 15 died in traffic accidents. Approximately 70 children per year choke to death on food. Since 1973, 110 children have choked to death on balloons.

I could go on, but the point is that there are many, many government controls we could propose that would save the life of at least one child. We dont do that because that isnt the standard we use in the real world. It is the standard used only in political theater where politicians seeks to prove that they care about the children more than you.

There once was a very liberal, marxist, God hating college professor. He enjoyed mocking God and Christians in his classroom. One day he put his hands to the sky in mock prayer and asked God to strike him down if He really existed. After several minutes of the professor mocking God in the same way Elijah mocked "baal", a quiet young man walked up to him and knocked him on his butt with a powerful punch. The professor, who's filthy bleeding suck was now missing a few teeth, screamed "Why did you do that" ? The young veteran calmly replied "God was busy, so he sent me."

I think that rather than worrying about how liberals argue, we should be worried about how we argue.

Argument is like a shovel ...it can be a mutually used tool to get to the truth of something...or a weapon to try and beat to death and bury someone.....The lefts leader never teach their follower to search for truth...look at Saul Alinsky...he wrote their bible..and he teaches nothing of how to search for truth...he only teaches weapons to beat to death and bury...

"Argument is like a shovel ...it can be a mutually used tool to get to the truth of something...or a weapon to try and beat to death and bury someone.....The lefts leader never teach their follower to search for truth...look at Saul Alinsky...he wrote their bible..and he teaches nothing of how to search for truth...he only teaches weapons to beat to death and bury..."

Amen. Arguing with today's liberal is not only futilte, it's as stupid as negotiating with a terrorist.

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posted on 01/24/2013 10:10:38 AM PST
by SENTINEL
(Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)

I will take exceptionalism over emotionalism any day....liberals would have to debate the idea, then poll everyone, then have a Sunday show with talking points to determine that exceptionalism is racist and excludes the less fortunate.

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posted on 01/24/2013 10:39:15 AM PST
by oust the louse
("When capitalism disintegrates, socialism ceases to have any validity or justification.Â”)

I will take exceptionalism over emotionalism any day....liberals would have to debate the idea, then poll everyone, then have a Sunday show with talking points to determine that exceptionalism is racist and excludes the less fortunate.

The talking head shows already do that every day, and twice on Sunday.

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posted on 01/24/2013 10:44:24 AM PST
by Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)

Might I add....motivation is to feel good about themselves WHILE not actually giving up anything in the way of time, money, effort on their part. They simply want to “mean well” or have “good intentions” and then go about their favorite lifestyles.

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